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Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the failure of the West
Par David Rieff. 1995
Depicts persecution and genocide of the Muslims in Bosnia starting in 1992. Decries the acquiescence of Western nations in failing…
to intervene and the inaction of United Nations peacekeepers who simply enforce the status quo. Strong language and violenceBlake
Par Peter Ackroyd. 1996
Life of the eighteenth-century English poet, painter, and engraver who died in 1827. Ackroyd examines the influence of William Blake's…
dissenting parents on his philosophical and religious views. He also frames the complex and challenging body of Blake's work, which went largely unnoticed in his lifetime, within the great social and political changes of his eraSnakes and ladders: glimpses of India
Par Gita Mehta. 1997
Essays depicting the contrasts and disparities in modern Indian society. Describes a land that, during its fifty years of independence,…
has become a progressive, capitalist nation yet retains its traditional religious and cultural diversity. Touches on politics, religion, art, and other facets of the world's largest democracyBitter lemons
Par Lawrence Durrell. 1996
An impressionistic portrayal of the island of Cyprus during the British-Greek-Turkish struggles from 1953 to 1956. The author describes events…
from his various perspectives as a foreign traveler, a journalist, and an official of the Cyprus governmentA house divided: the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Par Jules Archer. 1995
Joint biography of the two military leaders of the American Civil War. Archer says that although Grant's side won the…
war and he was later elected president, Grant proved to be inept as a civilian. In contrast, Archer says, Lee had successful military and civilian careers. For grades 3-6You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7Cultures in conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the age of discovery
Par Bernard Lewis. 1995
A perspective on the historically eventful year of 1492, when Columbus discovered America and Catholic Spain vanquished Islam and expelled…
the Jews. Examines the significance of Christian Europe's ascendancy and expansion, as well as the implications for the development of the twentieth-century worldEmpire of light: a history of discovery in science and art
Par S Perkowitz. 1996
A physicist explores the phenomenon of light in science and art. Recounts key research and discoveries through history, leading to…
the contemporary theories of relativity and quantum physics. Discusses light as both a pervasive force in human life and an aesthetic medium in artCleopatra: goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome
Par Polly Brooks. 1995
Life of the Egyptian ruler whose suicide in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty. The author discusses Cleopatra's Macedonian heritage…
and descent from Alexander the Great; her relationships with Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and the children borne with each; and her political and military savvy that enabled Egypt to remain independent of Rome. For grades 6-9Snowbound: the tragic story of the Donner Party
Par David Lavender. 1996
Tells how, in the mid 1840s, three Illinois men tried to move their families to California. Details problems, including snow…
storms, a misleading guidebook, and bad luck, that led to death for forty of the eighty-eight people on this covered-wagon journey. For grades 5-8Nous sommes les musiciens!: chansons traditionnelles (Livre-disque)
Par Carmen Campagne. 2007
Carmen Campagne nous offre ici une collection de ses succès traditionnels, de La laine des moutons à J'ai tant dansé…
en passant par La petite chèvre, superbement illustrés par Marie Lafrance. Pour ne pas oublier les chansons qui ont bercé tant d'enfances ...Au temps de la pensée pressée
Par Jean-Philippe Pleau. 2023
Composé des "éditos" avec lesquels Jean-Philippe Pleau termine son émission radiophonique, ainsi que des articles qu'il a publiés au fil…
des années, Au temps de la pensée pressée est un essai à la fois personnel, littéraire et sociologique. La pensée y vagabonde librement, s'abandonnant aussi bien à l'intuition qu'à la réflexion critique, nous révélant chemin faisant un auteur qui avoue être devenu fou, qui compare les Lego à des philosophes, qui interroge ses émotions et qui partage ses lectures ainsi que le souvenir de son amitié avec Serge BouchardDalida: une oeuvre en soi (Alias poche #2)
Par Michel Rheault. 2017
Dalida, c'est Andromaque et Blanche Dubois, Cléopâtre et Dalila, Rita Hayworth et Mistinguett. La rencontre en une seule femme de…
plusieurs personnalités mythiques, réelles ou fictives, qui ont toutes aujourd'hui valeur d'archétype. Chanteuse avant tout, actrice à ses heures, celle qui aura été l'un des plus grands monstres sacrés du music-hall d'après-guerre occupe désormais une place de choix dans la mémoire collective. Publié d'abord quinze ans après sa disparition, ce livre est le tout premier essai consacré à la créatrice de Gigi L'Amoroso. Un texte singulier, un regard lucide sur une artiste célèbre, mais néanmoins méconnue. Au-delà de l'anecdote, est mise en lumière ici l'extraordinaire complexité du personnage Dalida, un être dont l'existence et let travail s'enchevêtrent jusqu'à former une œuvre apparemment éclatée, mais forte pourtant d'une implacable cohérenceAvec ou sans Kiki (Liberté grande)
Par Denise Brassard. 2023
De la rue Fontaine à la Coupole, au XXIe siècle, une femme erre dans les rues qu'arpenta une fille née…
dans la misère et qui, avant d'y retourner, devint, dans l'entre-deux-guerres, "la reine de Montparnasse" : une beauté posant nue dans des ateliers crasseux, que peignirent Soutine, Foujita, que photographia Man Ray, que fréquenta Desnos. Quadra montréalaise, esthète, fascinée par le destin d'Alice Ernestine Prin, cette errante voudrait écrire le roman de Kiki de Montparnasse. Rattrapée par le chaos de sa vie amoureuse, celle qui déambule en compagnie d'une ombre doit combattre un mal de vivre la saisissant, seule, au mitan de sa vieHold fast to dreams
Par Andrea Pinkney. 1995
Dee Willis, twelve, is not happy about moving from Baltimore to Wexford, Connecticut. Just as her friend Lorelle warned her,…
Dee is the only black student in her class. Her sister, Lindsay, fits in at her prep school by acting white and joining the lacrosse team. But Dee misses her double-dutch squad and isn't good at playing lacrosse. Will her hobby of photography and her one friend be enough to make school bearable? For grades 5-8Chicago blues
Par Julie Deaver. 1995
Lissa, seventeen, attends art school in Chicago. Her parents are divorced, and her sister, Marnie, eleven, lives with their mother.…
When her alcoholism worsens, the mother decides she can no longer keep Marnie. Lissa agrees to care for her sister, but naturally Marnie does not want to leave her mother. The two girls eventually establish a workable relationship, and all is well until their mother decides she wants Marnie back. For grades 6-9The journalism professor and his wife, who lived in China in the 1984-1985 academic year and visited in 1987 and…
1993, offer a general report of historical and 1980s events. They rely on academic and official sources and express optimism about ChinaHistory of the Peloponnesian War
Par Thucydides. 1993
Written in the fifth century B.C. by an Athenian commander, this is a history of the twenty-seven-year conflict between Athens,…
a democratic state and sea power, and the states of the Peloponnese headed by Sparta, a conservative power with an efficient military forceParallel journeys
Par Eleanor Ayer. 1995
Presents the lives of two young adults in Europe during World War II. Helen, a young Jewish woman, flees to…
escape the worsening treatment of Jews but is caught in the net. Alfons, an enthusiastic German teenager, is swept up in the Hitler Youth movement. This book includes excerpts from both of their autobiographies and tells of their joint work to educate future generations about the dangers of hatred. For junior and senior high readersBound for the promised land: the great black migration
Par Michael Cooper. 1995
Following the Civil War, most African Americans in the South became sharecroppers whose lives were essentially controlled by plantation owners.…
Cooper explains how, shortly after the outbreak of World War I and the reduction of European immigrants, a new job market opened in the North for black farmworkers. He discusses the effect the Great Migration between 1915 and 1930 had on the United States. For grades 5-8